Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 9, 1994

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 9, 1994
Start: 1994-03-09T04:43
End: 1994-03-09T10:15
Location: Louisiana

March 9, 1994 · 20 events in 12 counties and zones

18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 19 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $135,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu

When: March 9, 4:43 AM CST
Where: Calcasieu County, Lake Charles Airport
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $50
Coordinates: 30.229, -93.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu

When: March 9, 4:52 AM CST
Where: Calcasieu County, Lake Charles
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.229, -93.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron

When: March 9, 5:15 AM CST
Where: Cameron County, Creole
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 29.847, -93.199 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion

When: March 9, 6:15 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
Where: Vermilion County, Abbeville to Maurice
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 29.809, -92.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry

When: March 9, 6:30 AM CST
Where: St. Landry County, Krotz Springs
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.599, -92.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pointe Coupee

When: March 9, 6:40 AM CST
Where: Pointe Coupee County, Livonia
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.709, -91.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pointe Coupee

When: March 9, 6:40 AM CST
Where: Pointe Coupee County, Morganza
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.709, -91.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Iberville

When: March 9, 6:45 AM CST
Where: Iberville County, Rosedale Southeast Se
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.259, -91.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, St. Martin

When: March 9, 7:00 AM CST
Where: St. Martin County, St. Martinville
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.129, -91.608 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, East Feliciana

When: March 9, 7:02 AM CST
Where: East Feliciana County, Jackson
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.845, -91.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, East Feliciana

When: March 9, 7:25 AM CST
Where: East Feliciana County, Ethel
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.845, -91.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston

When: March 9, 8:10 AM CST
Where: Livingston County, Denham Springs to Liv
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.440, -90.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Iberville

When: March 9, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Iberville County
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.259, -91.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Tangipahoa

When: March 9, 8:55 AM CST
Where: Tangipahoa County, Loranger
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 30.630, -90.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa

When: March 9, 9:10 AM CST
Where: Tangipahoa County, Husser
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.627, -90.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Mary

When: March 9, 9:45 AM CST
Where: St. Mary County, Amelia
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 29.635, -91.473 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: March 9, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Angie
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.853, -90.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: March 9, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Franklinton
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.853, -90.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: March 9, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Bogalusa
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 30.853, -90.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: March 9, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Washington County, St. Tammany to Mandeville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 30.853, -90.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An area of thunderstorms, some reaching severe levels, developed over southwest Louisiana shortly before dawn and moved east over south Louisiana during the remainder of the morning. A few tornadoes were also reported with the severe thunderstorms. At St. Martinville, about a dozen power poles were snapped by a weak tornado, and another tornado destroyed a barn near Loranger. A shipyard near Amelia reported a large storage building was heavily damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. Near Ethel, thunderstorm wind gusts blew a tree onto a house. The other damage from thunderstorm winds was confined mainly to downed tree limbs and broken power lines. Official wind gusts associated with the severe thunderstorms included 58 mph at Lake Charles Airport and 60 mph on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway south of Mandeville.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 1994 Warnings in Louisiana, March 1994

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10328375, 10328376, 10328588, 10327182, 10327161, 10327228, 10327229, 10327940, 10327232, 10327872, 10327947, 10328218, 10327941, 10327432, 10327433, 10327240, 10327333, 10327334, 10327335, 10327370.